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Microsoft Silverlight is a discontinued legacy platform with a documented history of critical remote code execution vulnerabilities that were actively exploited in ransomware attacks and information disclosure scenarios.
PROFILE
Categorylegacy_software_componentWhat they doMicrosoft Silverlight is a discontinued web application platform that was widely used for rich internet applications before being replaced by HTML5.
SECURITY POSTURE
Legacy software with a history of critical remote code execution vulnerabilities that were actively exploited in the wild.
Notable failures
- CVE-2016-0034 critical RCE exploited in ransomware attacks
- CVE-2013-0074 double dereference RCE via crafted HTML
- CVE-2013-3896 pointer validation failure leading to sensitive info disclosure
Patterns: critical RCE vulnerabilities in legacy browser plugin; lack of proper pointer validation in Silverlight elements
FAILURE HISTORY · 3
| DATE | EVENT | SEV | SUMMARY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-25 | CVE-2016-0034 | critical | Microsoft Silverlight's remote code execution vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild and linked to ransomware attacks. |
| 2022-05-25 | CVE-2013-0074 | critical | A double dereference vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight allowed remote attackers to execute code via crafted HTML objects. |
| 2022-05-25 | CVE-2013-3896 | high | A legacy Microsoft Silverlight vulnerability (CVE-2013-3896) allowed remote attackers to extract sensitive data via pointer validation flaws. |
Open questions: Current deployment status of Silverlight in enterprise environments · Remediation timeline for legacy systems still using Silverlight
DOSSIER · dex-RAG synthesis · grounded in our own collection + trusted sourcesbuilt 2026-08-02 03:48:13.550993+00:00